Je ne connais pas le terme, mais on peut imaginer que le fait de confier la prise de décision à un sous-traitant (consultant ou autre) - cad d'acheter la décision - est le signe d'une organisation merdique.

juste une idée me venant du froid

autrement dit, pas de procédures ni de structure rigoureuse.

Found the word used in the context of third-party review:
" (...)Suppose a small and adorable child goes to her father and asks, "Daddy, can I go over to Mary's house to play?" If her father says, "Sure, sweetheart," that's a de novo decision. If, on the other hand, the father replies, "What did your mother say?" and discovers that his wife had just told her she couldn't go, then the father is left with weighing whether his wife's decision was reasonable enough so that -- even if that might not have been the way he would have called it -- he will back it up. That's an appellate-level decision: The original decision stands unless it is arbitrary, capricious, or an abuse of discretion.
(...)
Remember the DECISION-SHOPPING child we met at the beginning? It is only human to ask, "What are my chances if I go for a review?"